Backend Engineer for Large-Scale Systems | Hybrid + Equity

re-zoo-me; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

Paid parental leave (16 weeks)

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking Backend Engineers to work on product and product platform teams. You’ll operate our backend services and architecture that support all product functionality and will be challenged to consider the big picture—collaborating cross-functionally, as well as evaluating and executing on trade-offs to maximize business impact for the company.

This role is hybrid with some in-office time expected and will report to an Engineering Manager.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 2+ years of industry backend experience.
• Experience with backend tech stacks and REST APIs.
• Ability to analyze and improve efficiency, scalability and reliability.
• Familiarity with SOA and microservices architecture.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ).

Responsibilities

• Develop, release and run large-scale web applications.
• Define backend architecture and tech stack for a product area.
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability and security of backend systems.
• Transition monolithic codebase toward a microservice-based architecture.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to maximize business impact.

Skills

Backend development

AI coding tools

REST API design

System performance

SOA & microservices

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

RabbitMQ

Job description

DoorDash is seeking Backend Engineers to work on product and product platform teams. You’ll operate our backend services and architecture that support all product functionality and will be challenged to consider the big picture—collaborating cross-functionally, as well as evaluating and executing on trade-offs to maximize business impact for the company.

This role is hybrid with some in-office time expected and will report to an Engineering Manager.